The Black Vault

"This above all: to thine own self be true."
- Polonius (Hamlet Act 1, scene 3, 78–82)

"Freedom for all. Chains for none."
- Freddrick Douglas

"Do not kill, do not rape, do not steal, these are principles which every man of every faith can embrace."
- Boondock Saints character Murphy McMannus

"There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio,
Than are dreamt of in your philosophy."
- Hamlet Act 1, scene 5, 159–167

"Does anybody really know the secret? Or the combination for this life and where they keep it."
- Fred Durst (Mission Impossible II Theme)

"Now is not the time to build fences around our freedom! Now is the time to emancipate our culture from the fear of losing it!"
- Keith Olberman

"Listening to quiet music CAN SERIOUSLY DAMAGE YOUR CREDIBILITY!"
-GTA 1 DJ

bionic wrote:There needs to be a warrior smiley..one with a feirce face and one of those viking like helmets with horns on it head.

I second this. Because it would look cool.

Tairaa wrote:Another good one from an unknown source is:
"If you can lay on the ground without holding on, you're not drunk enough yet"

de omnibus dubitandum est
(everything is to be doubted)


Descartes

at1with0 wrote:de omnibus dubitandum est
(everything is to be doubted)


Descartes

"Believe nothing you hear and only half of what you see."

I love those kinds of quotes, with words like everything and nothing...

Like if everything is to be doubted, then "everything is to be doubted" is to be doubted.

But of course!

There is a quote in Assassins Creed "Nothing is true, everything is permitted" which is ultimately contradictory.

There's hope that there is absolute truth in the world because of the quote "There is no absolute truth."

at1with0 wrote::mrgreen:

I love those kinds of quotes, with words like everything and nothing...

Like if everything is to be doubted, then "everything is to be doubted" is to be doubted.

"This sign is blank. Please ignore it."

"Everything I say is the truth." The previous statement is false."

Reminiscent of the liar's paradox.

“If I had a time machine, I'd let other people worry about saving Abraham Lincoln.
I'd tell my young self to eat more Pixie Stix.”
– Homer Simpson on Twitter

at1with0 wrote::mrgreen:

Reminiscent of the liar's paradox.

Yeah I actually read about that once on Wikipedia.

This thread died a very swift death. Danggit.


I'm formulating a new thread for R&S on focus. Basically about being in the zone.


Quotes
"Without Knowledge, Skill cannot be focused. Without Skill, Strength cannot be brought to bear and without Strength, Knowledge may not be applied." - Alexander the Great's Chief Physician

Your focus determines your reality. Qui Gon Jin.

Your focus is one with delusion. Trey Azagthoth.

The ego is nothing other than the focus of conscious attention. Alan Watts.

"SHUCHU RYOKU - Focus all your energy to one point." - Shioda Gozo